Maria's Sunday 5/18

On this Sunday, I woke up in Northampton, MA at my sister Sarah's house.
But Sarah was at my house - we did a house swicheroo.
I was feeling good from a fun show I did the night before in Holyoke. It was Jennifer
Mysclowski's Girls! Girls!Girls! show.

Justin and I got in our piece of crap car and drove to East Longmeadow to my sister-in law Tianna's graduation. People talked about all the struggles of college they had overcome. Ok.

Then we all went out to eat at a steak place. There was a waitress there who told us all about how tired she was because she had worked a double Friday, a double yesterday, and today they needed her to stay late. I like people, but I didn't really care about her schedule. I thought about telling her some unsolicited information about myself in return. I didn't.

After the steak place, we found that our piece of crap car got a flat. Justin called Triple A. I noticed a Dick's Sporting Goods in the plaza. I bought a Diamondback bike. I was so happy to get this bike. I have been wanting one for months. On the way out of the store, I actually said, "I love Dick's!" And there is their new marketing slogan. You are welcome, Dick's.

My bike makes me so happy. Happy and a little sweaty and stinky for work. When I am riding my bike, I sometimes realize that I'm smiling like a happy retarded person or a very old person - a pure unsullied happy. I don't even try to look cool again. It's my new cool face.

Then Justin realized that we didn't even need Triple A. His OCD nature had made him put a whole new tire, instead of a spare, in the trunk. So we drove home with a new tire on the car.